HOLE, TAR, CLAWHAMMER @ THE GASLIGHT

Everyone and their deaf mama is crying about how good Hole are, Al seems to like 'em as well, he chose them over my Helmet slides for last issues cover.  Trying to decide on if I should go or not, I call Courtney Love.  She said, "No, we cancelled the Gaslight 3 weeks ago."  Then she mumbles something about Clawhammer.  (Al's pick for this issues cover). 

So now what do I do?  Fuck it, I go anyway.  Kick down $5 (a reasonable price although I'm broke as fuck) at the door and who is on stage as I near the tiny stage?  Why it's Hole.  With Courtney on guitar of course.  You figure that out?  I wonder if it was anything like the time they cancelled Ugenes because they couldn't get a $150 guarantee?  Last time I saw Hole was about a year ago.  I thought they fucking blew.  Really sloppy, churning guitar noise.  It was kinda ok but I couldn't take it very seriously.  Then sometime later they are the talk of the town and there I was, in the front row, sitting on the floor next to Mike (Thrashead) Sulivan who was doing his infamous non stop head bang to Holes dirge like Black Sabbath scuzz.  Courtney became quite a front (wo)man.  She twings her guitar once in awhile, sways her hips and pulls her hair.  Then lets out with a witch like, Joe Jam scream.  Jill probably has thee most wicked stage presence I've ever seen/felt in my life.  She even outdid Eva (Super Heroines).  I didn't care for her jamming with Sylvia Juncosa (who I do love), but with Hole she seems to really fit in.  The four of these gutter dragged Hollywood freaks have a cool thing going, I hope they stick to it.  "Retard Girl" single is a must have by the way.